IM RamnathanBalasubramaniam of Kanchi won the 2ndRadhThiagarajan Memorial State level Open chess tournament

IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam of Kanchi won the 2ndRadha Thiagarajan Memorial State level Open chess tournament, organized by Golden Knight Chess Academy &Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai.The 2nd day State Level Open and Category tournament attracted 337 entries was held on 13thand 14th of February in Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai.

The open category attracted 147 entries, mostly from southern districts. Top seeded IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam took the lead from the beginning, in the final round Bala drew with RohitRamanan of PSNA College and won the tournament with 7.5 points. Bala received the Radha Thiagarajan Memorial Rolling Trophy and a cash prize of Rs.5000/-. B SelvaMurugan and B S Girinath of Madurai finished 2nd and 3rd place with 7.0 Points and 6.5 points respectively.